Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama
Panama: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 93.1% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama, 1980β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama is 93.1%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama peaked at 93.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 73.7%, in 1980.
Panama ranks 58th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 73.7% | 73.7% | 73.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 87.1% | 87.1% | 87.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 89.4% | 86.9% | 91.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.5% | 90.7% | 93.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.4% | 93.1% | 93.8% | 4 |
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More education data for Panama
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 19,072 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0047 units per person (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Panama was 93.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 93.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.7% in 1980.
- How does Panama rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Panama ranks 58th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release